About IVF

Details on In-Vitro Fertilization and the IVF Surrogacy Process

About IVF

If you have decided that gestational surrogacy is the right path for you, then you will soon become intimately involved in the IVF process.



From choosing a clinic to undergoing a transfer, this pathway to pregnancy is arguably the most important part of the entire surrogacy journey.

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Getting Started with IVF

As you begin this journey, it's important to know a little bit about what you are getting into.

IVF, In-vitro Fertilization, can be a coonfusing process.

Lucily, many others have traveled in your shoes before, and can help guide you on your way!


Please note: This site is not intended to provide medical advice. It is information only. Please consult your doctor before you begin any medical process.

Here is some surrogacy information to get you started as you learn about IVF.

What is IVF

How Egg Retrievals Work

Medications for an Egg Retrieval

Using an Egg Donor

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About IVF Clinics

There are many different IVF clinics in the United States, and many different ways and reasons to choose one. Some people will choose a clinic based on its proximity to them or their surrogate, while others will seek out a clinic that is known for its success rates.

After a clinic is selected, and the process begins, the experience can range from frustratingly slow to chaotically rapid, depending on how close you are to transfer day.

How to Find an IVF Clinic

Working with a Clinic: Intended Parents

Working with a Clinic: Surrogates

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The Transfer

As your journey progresses, you will come to the most important part: the Transfer.

This is when the completed embryos will be transferred into the womb of the surrogate mother.

Each clinic will have different methods of completing this task; and each situation will be different.

Some transfers will result in a singleton pregnancy, some will result in multiples such as twins or triplets, and still others will result in no pregnancy at all.


Medications Taken to Prepare for an IVF Transfer

How the IVF Transfer Works

How to Give Injections

How Many Eggs to Transfer

Why Multiples are Common in Surrogacy

The Two Week Wait

Pregnancy Testing

Discount Pregnancy Tests

Beta Testing

Miscarriage and DNC

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The IVF process is a whirlwind of activity. Working with clinics and receiving daily injections can take its toll on you, but in the end it is all worth it. Hopefully this about ivf section has helped you to understand what to expect.


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